Business Stories from December 31, 2017 (Change date)
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'Star Wars' passes 'Beauty and the Beast' as top 2017 earnerJan 05, 2018 9:04 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - On the last day of the calendar year, "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" has surpassed "Beauty and the Beast" as the top grossing film in North America in 201...
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Roosevelt, Portillo's among winners of Schaumburg landscape awardsJan 03, 2018 6:36 am - Schaumburg is among the most commercially developed of Chicago's suburbs, but the village has striven to ensure its glass, steel and concrete doesn't overwhelm its trees...
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Florida's real estate reckoning could be closer than you thinkJan 03, 2018 11:21 am - Ross Hancock sold his four-bedroom house in Coral Gables, a city of pastel luxury at the edge of Miami, because he was worried that sea-level rise would eventually hurt ...
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'I hope I can quit working in a few years': A preview of the U.S. without pensionsJan 02, 2018 7:32 am - TULSA, Okla. - Tom Coomer has retired twice: once when he was 65, and then several years ago. Each time he realized that with just a Social Security check, “You can hard...
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Will #metoo movement speed up the number of women in leadership — or slow it down?Jan 04, 2018 9:22 am - As the wave of sexual harassment allegations reached seismic proportions, one solution touted repeatedly has been the need for more women in power. Barack Obama suggeste...
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11 leadership books to read in 2018Jan 04, 2018 9:22 am - Following a year of dizzying news cycles, Twitter flame wars and increasingly deep political divisions, getting engrossed in a meaty book on leadership lessons, in-depth...
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It was a year of wins for investors. Will stocks keep climbing in 2018?Jan 02, 2018 7:32 am - The stock market resembles a locomotive as it heads into 2018. Low interest rates, near-record employment, healthy corporate earnings, global economic strength and a mos...
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The dark side of your $5 Footlong: Business owners say it could bankrupt themJan 03, 2018 6:36 am - A Subway sandwich is far more than the sum of its fillings, franchisee Keith Miller says. Those ingredients cost roughly $2. Then he pays labor. Electricity. Gas. Royalt...
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